Dozens of Palestinians participated in a solidarity vigil in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the Dheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem on Friday evening.
The pro-prisoners vigil was organized by the Palestinian Prisoners Society the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Ex-Prisoners Association.
During the event the head of the National Library Issa Qaraqe called for intensifying solidarity activities in support of the prisoners in light of this sensitive stage.
For his part Abdullah Al-Zaghari speaking on behalf of the committees catering for prisoners’ affairs called for a real action in support of the prisoners as they prepare for a mass hunger strike as of September.
A few days ago the Palestinian Captive Movement’s National Emergency Committee announced that it will start to launch a series of measures on Mondays and Wednesdays for the next two weeks before staging next month a mass hunger strike involving prisoners from different Palestinian factions.
According to Prisoners Society the prisoners aim to pressure Israeli jailers to improve their incarceration conditions.
The prisoners have accused the Israeli prison service of failing to fulfill its previous pledge to lift restrictions that were imposed on them in the aftermath of the jail break by six inmates from Gilboa Prison last year.
Those Israeli restrictions include among other things solitary confinement and the repeated transfer of dozens of inmates to other prisons.
